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Joy Palmer Foundation established to promote ESG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... Palmer that will support young people within the superannuation industry interested in promoting sustainability and governance. Joy Palmer was a well-known industry leader who passed away late last year after battling breast cancer. She was also a previous ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... Mercer and commissioned by the IFC, fund managers are increasing their interest in environmental, social and corporate governance factors in their investment decisions in emerging markets. The research notes that sustainable investments now account for ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... for superannuation funds, ASFA, has introduced a new education course for super fund trustees looking to improve the governance of their investment process. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has teamed up with fi360 Australasia to ...

In partners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... duress. "Consider the attributes that you want in a co-investor," he said. Co-investors which have internal company or governance conflicts for instance may be experiencing tight cash flows and although purport to be interested in a deal, could pull ...

ESG dogged by poor metrics: McKinsey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... factors, but not all factors are considered equally important. A study by the McKinsey global consulting group found that governance factors are now very important but environmental factors have been forced to take a backseat. The discrepancy has been ...

Seven deadly sins

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... misalignment of objectives and cracks in due diligence, among others. First there is lechery - a collapse in ethics and governance. "Do we ask ourselves, do we employ the same yardsticks which define good governance... internally? This is where we fall ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... equity; signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and established a robust investment governance framework. But developing one of the industry's first in-house investment teams, he believes is his most significant contribution ...

Fry and Watton win AIST Trustee award

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... significant role played by trustee directors in superannuation industry and was designed to encourage best practice in the governance. Doug Fry has been the chairman of Tasplan for 14 years. He said the award recognised the success of Tasplan, despite ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... interested in using their [own] products. There is a conflict - and to us it looks to be a very expensive conflict." Governance models also play a part in the divide. The research notes that the different way conflicts of interest between fund members ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... profound role for superannuation funds in righting the system in realigning the basic values, in talking ethics and governance," said Costello. As institutional investors with billions under their belts, superannuation funds must ask the question of ...